he shows us a letter and a check. something he received after thompson lost a bet over the 1998 world cup. he became friends with thompson before he filmed "fear and loathing" in las vegas. it was a friendship that endured for years and one that led to his latest movie "the rum diary." let's talk about hunter thompson. and your friendship with him. you led to this movie, "rum diary" based on him. you found this novel, right? we never knew he wrote a novel. >> no, no. i happened upon it. hunter and i -- it was when i was researching "fear and loathing" in las vegas. i was living in his basement. i happened upon this box. as we were looking through the manuscript of "fear and loathing." i see this folder. "rum diary" across it in his hand. i thought, wow, what's that? i started to read it. sitting cross legged on the floor reading this amazing thing. my, god, that's pretty good, isn't it? that's very good, hunter. what are you doing? then he brought up the idea. he used to call me colonel. colonel, we must produce this.